From their first smile to their first step to the first day of school, children go through a remarkable transformation on their way to adulthood. Here, experts explore the five developmental stages, ...

Children reach developmental milestones in how they play, move, talk, and act. The predicted ages for the milestones can be helpful in planning for parents. The motor milestone for babies being able ...

In last Friday’s column, I shared the first three stages of personality development by Erick Erickson (1902-1994.) I believe that parents can use his psychosocial stages of development as a guide in ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

Understanding child development can be confusing for the parents of toddlers. Parents are predisposed to want their children to meet developmental milestones, but often don't know when these stages ...

What Are the Stages of Play? In 1932, sociologist Mildren Parten identified six stages of children’s play. All kids develop differently, so there are no set ages for each type of play. Unoccupied play ...

Reviewed by Steven Gans, MD Key Takeaways Between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, children begin to express a greater need ...

How do you know when your child should be crawling, walking and talking? Developmental milestones can give parents a lot of anxiety. Wake County is introducing a program aimed at easing their fears.

An ad hoc committee will conduct a consensus study on fostering healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development among children and youth. As background to the study, the committee will review ...